Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Syracuse University, 2004. / "Publication number AAT 3132683."

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A. in human development)--Washington State University, December 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-89).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Syracuse University, 2005. / "Publication number AAT 3176986."

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The purpose of the present study has been to examine the referral system used by the doctors and others in making requests from Medical Social Services in Vancouver General Hospital. More specifically, the examination was confined to the present use by medical personnel of the referral form, (M 234). This pilot project has been undertaken to explore the referral system in relation to improvement of medical social services offered in the out-patient department. As background, the history of medical social work, standards of medical care, and a resume of Medical Social Service in the out-patient department of Vancouver General Hospital is reviewed. Basic information for the study was obtained through a survey of all requests made to medical social service from out-patient clinics during November, 1960. In addition to this, twenty-four doctors of the specialty clinics were canvassed through the medium of a questionnaire, and personal interviews, to ascertain their opinions on (a) most convenient methods of referral, (b) kinds of social information, (c) reasons for referral, (d) and suggestions for improving medical social services. The findings of the study indicate that slightly less than one-third of the new patients admitted to the out-patient department clinics for November, 1960, were referred for medical social services. There is evidence that a far higher percentage than this could benefit from such services. The Social Service Department has been aware of the possibilities for some time, and the present study was undertaken in order to gain facts, opinions, and clarification towards improving the referral system in the interests of more adequate standards of medical care. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

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Bibliography: leaves 100-113. / The study is based on psychoanalytic theory of the development of gender identity. The basic premise is that there are at least two levels of gender-related identity, viz. gender identity and sex-role. Thirty-three male and thirty-nine female university students participated in the study. They were asked to complete questionnaires designed to measure gender identity, sex-role and sexual orientation. Gender identity was measured by means of fantasy patterns which emerge in story-telling. The Bern Sex-Role Inventory was used to measure sex-role. Subjects' sexual orientations were described with the aid of the Kinsey Seven-Point Rating Scale. Results indicate a number of unanticipated complexities which need further investigation. The type of picture used in the measurement of gender identity seems to determine whether or not a subject's true gender identity will emerge or whether it will be distorted. There is a relationship between sex-role and gender identity, but it is indirect. The gender identities of persons whose sex-roles are feminine, masculine or undifferentiated tend to conform to biological sex. Persons whose sex-roles are androgynous, however, tend towards feminine gender identity whatever their biological sex. Further research is recommended to confirm or refute these results.